The head of the Turkish Republic, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, sent his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, a “good, expensive gift” for his birthday.
Moreover, the Turkish leader even exceeded the limit permitted for Russian civil servants.
The day before, Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrated his 72nd birthday, but for him it was an ordinary working day.
Alexander Lukashenko, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega, former Moldovan President Igor Dodon, Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, the heads of South Ossetia, Abkhazia and other states, including Recep Tayyip Erdogan, sent their congratulations to the Russian President.
As the head of state's assistant for international affairs, Yuri Ushakov, clarified, the Turkish president specially sent Vladimir Putin a gift.
The Turkish president specially sent a gift before his conversation yesterday, MIA " Russia Today " quotes a Kremlin representative as saying.
At the same time, Ushakov clarified that Erdogan sent “a good Turkish gift.”
Answering journalists’ questions about whether it was possible to comply with the limit of 3,000 Russian rubles permitted for government employees, Ushakov estimated the cost of the gift with the phrase “a little more.”
At the same time, Putin’s aide did not say what exactly Vladimir Vladimirovich received for his birthday, but only explained that “there were gifts.”
It is worth noting that no official congratulations were received from the EU or US leadership to Putin.
